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(a) Lithium metal undergoes a phase change at 80 K (I bar pressure) from the α to β-form;...

(a) Lithium metal undergoes a phase change at 80 K (I bar pressure) from the α to β-form; one form is bcc and the other is a close-packed lattice. Suggest, with reasons, which form is which. What name is given to this type of structural change?


(b) Suggest why tin buttons on nineteenth-century military uniforms crumbled in exceptionally cold winters.

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